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RACE/A: An architectural account of the interactions between learning, task control, and retrieval dynamics.

Journal

Cognitive Science

Volume | Issue number

36 | 1

Pages (from-to)

62-101

Document type

Article

Faculty

Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences (FMG)

Institute

Psychology Research Institute (PsyRes)

Abstract

This article discusses how sequential sampling models can be integrated in a cognitive architecture. The new theory Retrieval
by Accumulating Evidence in an Architecture (RACE/A) combines the level of detail typically provided by sequential sampling
models with the level of task complexity typically provided by cognitive architectures. We will use RACE/A to model data from
two variants of a picture-word interference task in a psychological refractory period design. These models will demonstrate
how RACE/A enables interactions between sequential sampling and long-term declarative learning, and between sequential sampling
and task control. In a traditional sequential sampling model, the onset of the process within the task is unclear, as is the
number of sampling processes. RACE/A provides a theoretical basis for estimating the onset of sequential sampling processes
during task execution and allows for easy modeling of multiple sequential sampling processes within a task.

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